Mark Zuckerberg has submitted to the New Yorker treatment, ahead of a major movie about the founding of Facebook that's expected to drag his reputation through the mud.
A typically lengthy profile contains no new revelations. In fact, in agreeing to spend time with the writer, Zuckerberg has reaffirmed many of the aspects of his …

And we need to care about this because, . . .

You must be joking, old man. 95% of the hyper successful are anti social. You have to be a tyrant, single minded, relentless, and convinced that you are right, in order to succeed BIG. If success happens when you are young, then double the amount of all the aforementioned qualities. Do we really need to see all these wonderful human qualities, in a person we care nothing about, on the big screen, and PAY for it TO BOOT ??? I think not.

500 million will surely see it... right?

I wonder if that is the thinking behind making a movie out of this bollocks. I'm one of many that probably have a profile there purely to contact a few friends that sadly won't use any other means of communication. I hate the site and this guy surely deserves many punches in the face at the very least. Getting rich by stealing ideas from friends then fobbing them off with what will be pocket change now.

Next time

Sorkin

This film is not a fluff piece by all accounts. I doubt Steve's ego will be massaged by the content. Sorkin is a particualry talented director. If he thinks there is s story to be told I would imagine it will be worth watching.

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Re: Sorkin

Yes of course, because no decent director has ever been responsible for a genuine, cast-iron, gold-plated stinking shitpile straight from the "this is trendy and might make some cash this week" school of filmmaking, have they?

Anyone who thinks there's any truth in that ought to go and look up who directed "G.I. Jane" for starters.

You can ...

aaron sorkin

High on the autism spectrum?

I recall a study of MS employees a few years back that indicated the average Microsoftie placed somewhere on the autism scale. At the very least, Aspergers Syndrome was often indicated. The conclusion, inevitably, was that IT tends to attract the 'socially awkward' inward-looking types who often have issues empathising with others. A sweeping generalisation, undoubtedly, but is it possible that Mr Z can blame some of his 'issues' on a touch of Aspergers..? Just a thought.

I speak incidentally as an IT guy myself, who also could be said to fit this 'profile' in many ways.

It's written by Sorkin...

Released on 1 October in US

and worldwide on the same day via bittorrent. So people in the UK won't have to wait until 15 October to see it, and by the time it is released there many of their potential audience will have already downloaded it. Honestly, when are these bloody fools going to realize that delayed releases by country are a waste of fucking time? For fuck's sake, just release in every country on the same day and you won't lose so much to piracy, if indeed you're losing anything at all in the first place.

Read the book

Back in the day, Facebook was "Assbook"

Here in Boston, college students used it to hook up with others in local universities. Facebook was limited to Harvard U., then college, then H.S. students to keep out MySpace pervs, parents, and random others. That crimped its size and business model for sure, and thus fell by the wayside.

* He admits he labelled his users as "dumb fucks" while sleep deprived

* He has lost some friends while staying miserably poor

* Some people find him difficult to work with

* He's socially awkward and a bit too random

Suddenly I have a lot of sympathy for the man. Hmmmph.

I don't know that I would ever "backstab a friend" as some in this thread have suggested M.Z. has. In fact, I get accused often of going too far in the other direction: helping others to the point of my own detriment. Also; he's rich and I'm not.

Is that it? If I had stabbed a few friends in the back (maybe been more "robotic" and less "random") I too could have been stinking rich? That's a depressing thought, honestly. Maybe I should have spent less time focusing on failed attempts at self-improvement and more time being a cock.

Actually, come to think of it...he can have the money. I wouldn't trade my friends for anything in the world. I know what it’s like to lose a good friend. I wouldn’t want to ever lose the ones I’ve got.